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use of race in the construction of a district. it's not that whites are underrepresented because you've drawn these majority/minority districts. it's that the use of race as the predominant factor in the district sort of commits racial stereotyping. right? it is a -- an expressive harm that sends a message that voters think alike and prefer the same candidates at the polls. you can see a little of this from -- this was the district in shaw versus reno. i'll just read a little from the court's opinion. all right. the district that goes all the way down i-85 in north carolina. so this was district 12. and as 0 connor describes it, it's even more unusually shaped. approximately 165 miles long and for much of its length, no wider than the i-85 corridor. it winds in snake-like faction until it gobbles in enough of black neighborhoods. northbound and southbound drivers sometimes find themselves in separate districts. in one county only the trade districts. towns are divided. at one point, it intersects a single point with two other dist
use of race in the construction of a district. it's not that whites are underrepresented because you've drawn these majority/minority districts. it's that the use of race as the predominant factor in the district sort of commits racial stereotyping. right? it is a -- an expressive harm that sends a message that voters think alike and prefer the same candidates at the polls. you can see a little of this from -- this was the district in shaw versus reno. i'll just read a little from the court's...
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they were used to the fact there are women in this world. and that they can have a part in the war, too. an
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join us each sasat 8 p.m. and midnight for classroom lectures from across the country on different topics and errors of american history. "lecture in history" are also available as podcasts. visit our website at c-span.org/history/podcasts or download them from itunes. >> you're watching american history tv. all weekend, every weekend on c-span 3. for more information, follow us on twitter @cspanhistory. >>> during world war ii ruth cowan nash was a reporter for associated press, she traveled overseas covering stories on the war and often attached to women's army corps. coming up next an interview with ruth cowan nash from women in journalism project. this is about 50 minutes. >> well, let me ask you first, i time you. -- you did spend overseas in e the -- during world war ii. >> you did what this is. >> i want to talk mostly about -- >> yeah, right. >> -- world war ii. how did you get the assignment to go over? how did that come about? >> you mean the assignment to go over to -- >> to cover the war. >> well,
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to it >> most other non apple ute devices use a u.s. be connector that can be used across multiple brands but apple appears to be going its own way with the new connector >> they always do things differently. >> while apple consumers may be groaning about the new change, apple accessory makers are probably jumping for joy right now. it is very likely that they will create some sort of an adapter that can be sold. we should find out in october when the new iphone is due out. >> it is always about excess arising. >> we had 2000 lightning strikes reported in and around the sacramento valley last night. firefighters this morning believe it was a lightning strike that started a small grass fire off of auburn boulevard in sacramento. it was quickly extinguished. there was rainfall in the sacramento valley. we're calling on doppler radar and nothing is going on right now but if we do see a reoccurrence, you will be the first to know with high- definition doppler radar. this is a live cbs five weather camera looking at the development of the ma
to it >> most other non apple ute devices use a u.s. be connector that can be used across multiple brands but apple appears to be going its own way with the new connector >> they always do things differently. >> while apple consumers may be groaning about the new change, apple accessory makers are probably jumping for joy right now. it is very likely that they will create some sort of an adapter that can be sold. we should find out in october when the new iphone is due out....
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it won't help us hear you at all in this audience, but it will enable the broadcast to hear you. so go ahead. >> people are escaping like slaves, there they go, on their way again. >> sir? >> yes. >> given the expenses that had to be gone through to retrieve a slave was it good money spent after bad? was it a principle that needed to be upheld to show the rest of the slaves that the slave holders were serious about keeping their property? >> i think it's a built of both. keep in mind, that this is the most valuable property at the time in the united states. you know, by the outbreak of the civil war, it is in monetary terms, there's nothing comparable and all other sectors of economic activity combined, do not come close to the value of the slaves. so this is -- this is valuable property. and politically, it also raises questions and i think this is why i tried to tease out the banks case because it is clear that folks in front royal virginia are clear that they must get this man back, not only because of his value, but because of the standard that he sets that others may emulate
it won't help us hear you at all in this audience, but it will enable the broadcast to hear you. so go ahead. >> people are escaping like slaves, there they go, on their way again. >> sir? >> yes. >> given the expenses that had to be gone through to retrieve a slave was it good money spent after bad? was it a principle that needed to be upheld to show the rest of the slaves that the slave holders were serious about keeping their property? >> i think it's a built of...
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tocqueville sees us ordinary mortals, so far below him as something better. nobody says it better than himself. let me conclude with a final passage in the second volume of democracy in america. as for myself, having come to the final stage of my course to discover from afar but once all the diverse objects that i've contemplated separately in advance, i feel full of fears an
tocqueville sees us ordinary mortals, so far below him as something better. nobody says it better than himself. let me conclude with a final passage in the second volume of democracy in america. as for myself, having come to the final stage of my course to discover from afar but once all the diverse objects that i've contemplated separately in advance, i feel full of fears an
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mckey used 60 different people ma mainly in the countryside. they comprise d the labor force at his buford home. domestic service had it's disadvantages for example. domestics were on call around the clock to attend to their owners various needs. that was a downside and a negative. and unlike field hands they had no place to hide. indeed typically they were fed better than the field hands also. domestics were privy to important information that might prove essential and valuable because of their proximity to their owners and also to the people who came and visited their owners. they were in a privileged position. but mckey was indull gent slave master. he frequently had robert accompany him to his various properties. mckey taught smalls how to ride horses, to swim, how to ride boats to hunt with a gun and other kinds of things. sequele equally significant is the fact that robert allowed him to remain with his mother until he was 12 years old. at that point his life would change but in an unanticipated way. let me say something about lydia this
mckey used 60 different people ma mainly in the countryside. they comprise d the labor force at his buford home. domestic service had it's disadvantages for example. domestics were on call around the clock to attend to their owners various needs. that was a downside and a negative. and unlike field hands they had no place to hide. indeed typically they were fed better than the field hands also. domestics were privy to important information that might prove essential and valuable because of...
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it should be a beacon that reminds us of what we were, what challenges we still face, and a point us toward what we can become. the vision of the smithsonian's national museum of african-american history and culture is to inspire learning and understanding, promote healing, foster dialogue and reconciliation in an a environment that tells the american story through the lens of african-americans. in 2005, lonnie bunch was hired as the founding director of the museum. the museum will present the african-american story as part of the fabric of american life, a life of freedom, of bondage, of hope and resiliency, of struggle and pain, of successes and triumphs. it allows us to look at american history from an african-american perspective, and by so doing, we can see how important african-american history is to a larger american history. robert smalls is included in the museum's vision, and it includes the stories related to robert smalls and his life and word. in february of -- february of th year, the museum celebrated the groundbreaking. and president obama was there. and i want to sha
it should be a beacon that reminds us of what we were, what challenges we still face, and a point us toward what we can become. the vision of the smithsonian's national museum of african-american history and culture is to inspire learning and understanding, promote healing, foster dialogue and reconciliation in an a environment that tells the american story through the lens of african-americans. in 2005, lonnie bunch was hired as the founding director of the museum. the museum will present the...
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he has allowed us as historians to use his life as an example and to challenge the nonsense about ignorant negroes, to challenge the nonsense about african-americans being made and wanting to be slaves and loving their masters, although i have to say smalls did try to bail out the mckees a couple of times. but again, that doesn't mean that he loved them in the way that they said slaves love their masters in the 19th century. so with that, i'll pass it on to -- go ahead. [ applause ] >> good evening. hi, i'm delighted to be here with you and to bring greetings to you from our founding director, lonnie g.baunch at the african-american museum of history and culture. and i've been asked to talk about robert smalls and the future. and he does have a future with the national museum of african-american history and culture. let me begin by talking about the history and mission of the museum. the national museum of african-american history and culture was established in 2003 as the 19th museum of the smithsonian institution, the largest museum complex and research organization in the world. its mis
he has allowed us as historians to use his life as an example and to challenge the nonsense about ignorant negroes, to challenge the nonsense about african-americans being made and wanting to be slaves and loving their masters, although i have to say smalls did try to bail out the mckees a couple of times. but again, that doesn't mean that he loved them in the way that they said slaves love their masters in the 19th century. so with that, i'll pass it on to -- go ahead. [ applause ] >>...
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and the navy primarily used coal french was escorting he and his family to new york. dupont was very worried about this. and he wrote this wife, i took for granted that robert smalls wa wanted to go. but he came to know if he was going to lose this place here as pilot for my vessels. and i came to think you are the most superior negro that i have ever met. i told him you need not go to the north unless you wish it. i told him if you return in a month i would take him on again as a pilot. he said he would again go with mr. french. unless he promised to have him back in three weeks he would not go. robert. you would see how the navy officers have treated you. giving you work and are kind in your feelings. they will always be your friends. the reply was sprtriking. it is because i know this that i have come to see you today. my best friends are in the navy and aboard the ship. he did return one of dupont's top assistants and ask eed him. has your head been turned. it was turned but one way all the time that i was in the north. toward port royal. he will join the nav al e
and the navy primarily used coal french was escorting he and his family to new york. dupont was very worried about this. and he wrote this wife, i took for granted that robert smalls wa wanted to go. but he came to know if he was going to lose this place here as pilot for my vessels. and i came to think you are the most superior negro that i have ever met. i told him you need not go to the north unless you wish it. i told him if you return in a month i would take him on again as a pilot. he...
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they were in hawk to the british and the french and the british were actually able to use their position of being creditors to buy up the suez canal. that's the reason that they took control of it, and the egyptian ruler, a man named ismael, just didn't have the money to finance the statue of liberty. this was in the late 1860s now. and bartholdi went back to france, disappointed that he wasn't going to be able to build his statue in the land of the great ancient colossal statues, and a whole variety of circumstances intervened. one was the franco-prussian war which kicked bartholdi out of his home. he was from the province of alcace which was occupied from the germans and bartholdi's home city was komar and his own home was occupied by german soldiers. he was a great french patriot and refused to go there as long as the germans were occupying it, so he went back to paris only to have the paris commune break out. the pairs commune was a revolution in which the working people of the city basically seized control of the government and wanted to institute a very radical form of politics. ba
they were in hawk to the british and the french and the british were actually able to use their position of being creditors to buy up the suez canal. that's the reason that they took control of it, and the egyptian ruler, a man named ismael, just didn't have the money to finance the statue of liberty. this was in the late 1860s now. and bartholdi went back to france, disappointed that he wasn't going to be able to build his statue in the land of the great ancient colossal statues, and a whole...
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another term used to describe the american civil rights movement. secondly, smalls' life is a consummately american story. a story of triumph over adversity, success against the odds, and of course what better place to talk about such an american life than in charleston, smalls' second home and indeed a city unique in its contributions to americana and those things that would become afro americana. i want to talk about smalls' later life. i want to talk about his experiences in beaufort, but mainly in charleston as a way of understanding how these environments prepared him for his later achievements in life. now robert smalls is born in 1839 in beaufort, he's the son of lydia polite, who was the son of -- mckee was a planter and he owned approximately 60 different people who he used mainly in the country side. but lydia and robert comprised the main part of his domestic labor force at his beaufort home. know domestic service had its positive aspects and it's disadvantages for example. domestics were on call around the clock to attend to their owners
another term used to describe the american civil rights movement. secondly, smalls' life is a consummately american story. a story of triumph over adversity, success against the odds, and of course what better place to talk about such an american life than in charleston, smalls' second home and indeed a city unique in its contributions to americana and those things that would become afro americana. i want to talk about smalls' later life. i want to talk about his experiences in beaufort, but...
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the use of the mail rivalled slave holders who prohibited its use to disseminate abolitionist materials. starting in 1851, mail sent between new york and california, for example was charged a flat rate of 3 cents per half ounce. this meant that anyone, and that included fugitive slaves like banks could correspond with family and friends cheaply. slaves contemplating escape sometimes made plans with friends and family already in the north and in canada before leaving. a man with the unfortunate name of john bull and joe mayor, two of the five run aways found on a steam ship in the james river in 1858 knew where they were going. bull had arranged with friends in canada to be hired as a waiter in a local hotel. mayor was off to new york city to meet his wife who had escaped a few years earlier. samuel green had heard of canada and the underground railroad from harriet tubman. susan brooke fled norfolk in 1884 six months after her son arrived in canada. there were numerous requests from run aways in canada to william still of the philadelphia vigilance committee asking him to contact family
the use of the mail rivalled slave holders who prohibited its use to disseminate abolitionist materials. starting in 1851, mail sent between new york and california, for example was charged a flat rate of 3 cents per half ounce. this meant that anyone, and that included fugitive slaves like banks could correspond with family and friends cheaply. slaves contemplating escape sometimes made plans with friends and family already in the north and in canada before leaving. a man with the unfortunate...
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. >> millions of people are with us, in helping to share our burden of grief at this moment. >> reporter: a sunday vigil to help heal. in all, 12 are among the dead. a 6-year-old girl, a navy sailor. an air force reservist and two young men who died shielding their girlfriends from bullets. fathers, sons, daughters, each with lives cut short. the president addressed a grieving community and talked privately with families of the victims. >> my main task was to serve as a representative of the entire country and let them know, that we are thinking about them at this moment and will continue to think about them each and every day. >> reporter: the suspect, 24-year-old james holmes, today will be adviseded of his rights and the judge will set a date for the formal filing of charges. the start of a legal process that may take months. >> we will convict him. yes. >> reporter: at issue, whether the prosecutor will seek the death penalty. the defense will likely argue whether holmes is mentally competent. while the city is forever changed. evidence will include what w found inside the suspect's
. >> millions of people are with us, in helping to share our burden of grief at this moment. >> reporter: a sunday vigil to help heal. in all, 12 are among the dead. a 6-year-old girl, a navy sailor. an air force reservist and two young men who died shielding their girlfriends from bullets. fathers, sons, daughters, each with lives cut short. the president addressed a grieving community and talked privately with families of the victims. >> my main task was to serve as a...
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where -- the big battles he won, remind us. chancellorsville, second manassas. does the federal army completely dissolve? >> no. >> no. all right. it's at times -- especially in the case of second manassas it's in terrible shape, but it's not like he walks into washington unopposed. all right. he mauls the federalists tremendously, but he still -- that's why he always needs the follow-on victory. that's why you have the antietam campaign. that's why you have the gettysburg. he wants the follow-on. you need the three, all right. but let's say he wins at gettysburg, all right. what does he do? i mean so what, right? he wins at gettysburg. and he loses a third of his men in the process. he still has the logistical problem. he still has all these sorts of issues. and this is an argument against lee and one that should be considered. and part of it relates to -- part of it also relates to how plausible, though, you think that gettysburg and that -- whether or not he really could have won in gettysburg or antietam. >> i think the problem is is strategy -- i personally
where -- the big battles he won, remind us. chancellorsville, second manassas. does the federal army completely dissolve? >> no. >> no. all right. it's at times -- especially in the case of second manassas it's in terrible shape, but it's not like he walks into washington unopposed. all right. he mauls the federalists tremendously, but he still -- that's why he always needs the follow-on victory. that's why you have the antietam campaign. that's why you have the gettysburg. he wants...
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law enforcement officers are telling us they may have been targeted. police say this white pontiac was traveling on east 80 when someone shot at it last night around 10:40. the male driver and female passenger suffered gunshot wounds, but are expected to survive. none of the children in the car, ages 4 through 12 were injured. chp officer recalling half a dozen shootings just within the past two or three years. he says in most cases, the motivation -- this woman is the victim of a shooting on interstate 80 in richmond last moment. >> where i was driving i felt like it was a rock hitting the window on the passenger side. >> reporter: with tears in her eyes, this mother and grandmother told us she was on her way home who one fires two bullets. one struck her under her children. >> i was nervous, i was in shock. i was worried. >> reporter: she told us, she was so scared she kept driving for 40 miles to a hospital. >> we live in a world with crazy people these days. i'm very blessed that i'm alive. >> reporter: the woman told us she still has nightmares ab
law enforcement officers are telling us they may have been targeted. police say this white pontiac was traveling on east 80 when someone shot at it last night around 10:40. the male driver and female passenger suffered gunshot wounds, but are expected to survive. none of the children in the car, ages 4 through 12 were injured. chp officer recalling half a dozen shootings just within the past two or three years. he says in most cases, the motivation -- this woman is the victim of a shooting on...
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he talks about how slaves used the u.s. mail to communicate with other slaves and how they planned and executed escapes to canada, mexico and the caribbean. held at penn state university this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you, tony. that was almost ministerial. i feel as if i'm really in church now. okay. it's an honor to be here. thanks for making this possible. it's wonderful to be in penn state in march and see people in shorts. there is something to be said for global warming. let me suggest a couple of things as we start -- before we start rattling on tonight. one is i'm going to set this discussion these series of lectures beginning with the fugitive slave law of 1850. to me the pivotal political event in the decade leading up to the civil war. the fugitive slave law changes the political dynamics of this country in ways that nobody could have anticipated at the time. and at the center of that change in political dynamic are the activities of slaves themselves who run away. so what i am interested in looking at
he talks about how slaves used the u.s. mail to communicate with other slaves and how they planned and executed escapes to canada, mexico and the caribbean. held at penn state university this is an hour and 15 minutes. >> thank you, tony. that was almost ministerial. i feel as if i'm really in church now. okay. it's an honor to be here. thanks for making this possible. it's wonderful to be in penn state in march and see people in shorts. there is something to be said for global warming....
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stay with us. fox 5 news at 6:00 is coming back. >>> fox 5 news at 6:00 continues now with a look at what's making headlines tonight. today is officially the hottest day of the searing streak of weather clobbering the mid- atlantic. there is a heat warning in effect for our entire region. gwen is coming back with the forecast that does have some good news about the heat but not before some bad news. no power and no help. there are still several thousand people struggling through the heat on their 8th day without electricity. some women in germantown say they have yet to see a power crew or tree service. pepco says they have fewer than 1,000 people without electricity. dominion says it's all restored. >>> metro hopes to have the green lineback up and running after a train derailed. this is the huge kink. when the cane came off the station, it began to lean. >>> activists and lawyer mark lane has been at the forefront of major moments in u.s. history. he is sharing his remarkable stories in a new boo
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they only declared war on us after we declared war on them first. now, you can say we were bullied into it because they were stealing american sailors and ships on the frontier, like you guys up there in michigan, the accusation was made that they were giving guns and ammunition to the indians and urging them to shoot white settlers, and they have found, you know, at the time, they have found food and weapons amongst the native american nations up there. 1812 was a real critical year. great britain was in a bigger war with france, and a lot of people said, you know, we have to be decisive. it was an election year so actually we declared only a few months before the presidential election, so some of them say that had to do with it, and it was just a breaking point and there were just enough american senators and representatives to tip the balance. even to this day, the war of 1812 was the most narrowly declared of any american war in which congress voted to declare war. >> our caller from michigan, vince vaise, reminds us that monday marks the 200th
they only declared war on us after we declared war on them first. now, you can say we were bullied into it because they were stealing american sailors and ships on the frontier, like you guys up there in michigan, the accusation was made that they were giving guns and ammunition to the indians and urging them to shoot white settlers, and they have found, you know, at the time, they have found food and weapons amongst the native american nations up there. 1812 was a real critical year. great...
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for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine... power to your mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. put me at 5 timesd out my greater risk of a stroke, my first thoughts were about my wife, and my family. i have the most common type of atrial fibrillation, or afib. it's not caused by a heart valve problem. i was taking warfarin, but my doctor put me on pradaxa instead to reduce my risk of stroke. in a clinical trial, pradaxa® (dabigatran etexilate mesylate) reduced stroke risk 35% better than warfarin. and unlike warfarin, with pradaxa, there's no need for regular blood tests. that's really important to me. pradaxa can cause serious, sometimes fatal, ble
for fast, long lasting relief, use doctor recommended gaviscon®. only gaviscon® forms a protective barrier that helps block stomach acid from splashing up- relieving the pain quickly. try fast, long lasting gaviscon®. do you really think brushing is enough to keep it clean? while brushing misses germs in 75% of your mouth, listerine cleans virtually your entire mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new level. listerine... power to your mouth. so take your oral health to a whole new...
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and most americans agree with us. a new cnn poll shows 60% of people are optimistic and think economic conditions next year will be good. one reason for this is housing. it's a little ironic, perhaps, because the housing market is what got our economy in this crisis back in 2008. but here are a couple of numbers that really might add up. pending home sales in may hit their highest level in the past two years, according to the national association of realtors. and we saw gains across the entire country. and not just specific regions. and the most recent s&p case-shiller index, which really is the benchmark for housing prices, shows that home values rose on a month-to-month basis in april for the first time this year. you add on to all of that 30-year mortgage rates. when you look at those, they're at a record low. a percent lower than a year ago. homes are more affordable. stuart miller is the ceo of home building giant will henar and also a member of our strike team and told used to, quote, housing is at least stabili
and most americans agree with us. a new cnn poll shows 60% of people are optimistic and think economic conditions next year will be good. one reason for this is housing. it's a little ironic, perhaps, because the housing market is what got our economy in this crisis back in 2008. but here are a couple of numbers that really might add up. pending home sales in may hit their highest level in the past two years, according to the national association of realtors. and we saw gains across the entire...
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but i think it's now they're using their best' set. president obama has a great gift, he's a great oratory, speaks to the camera eloquently. it's a good ad for them. we've got a hard break because of the olympics. whatever we do over the next couple of days we get a hard break over a couple of weeks where everybody checks out, if you will, from politics and we'll get back into the long, hot summer after that. >> i want to talk about a new poll that's out in advance of our poll that we're going to preview in a moment. talk quickly about this "usa today" gallup poll, 63% believe that mitt romney's business experience will result in him making good decisions. michael, is this proof that the bain attacks or the calls for romney to release more tax returns, is this proof that those attacks didn't work? >> i don't know what it says about the tax return issue. i do believe, as you're saying, craig that it shows that the bain attacks were not a success as the obama campaign would have hoped that they would be. their response would to be say, d
but i think it's now they're using their best' set. president obama has a great gift, he's a great oratory, speaks to the camera eloquently. it's a good ad for them. we've got a hard break because of the olympics. whatever we do over the next couple of days we get a hard break over a couple of weeks where everybody checks out, if you will, from politics and we'll get back into the long, hot summer after that. >> i want to talk about a new poll that's out in advance of our poll that we're...
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this is an asset we should use. but how can we use it? before describe that, i want to say -- you know, how do you turn an old brain that appears to be deteriorating into a physically and functioning younger one? the answer is, you train it. you have to train inappropriately. there are certain strategies that have to be applied, obviously. another question is, why does the brain deteriorate to start with? why is it is degrading? the simple answer is, you reach a peak and about the third decade in life, and then slowly, slowly noise ines begins to creep into the process of the brain. you can think of it as growing chatter in the brain. we know that because we can add noise in the brain in various ways, and in science we would not do this in a human, but we could do this in a rat. and over two or three or four weeksa four rat in the prime of life -- four weeks, the brain of the rat looks like the brain at the end of life. we see an interesting thing when we look at the detail. we open up the characteristics of the brain near the end of life
this is an asset we should use. but how can we use it? before describe that, i want to say -- you know, how do you turn an old brain that appears to be deteriorating into a physically and functioning younger one? the answer is, you train it. you have to train inappropriately. there are certain strategies that have to be applied, obviously. another question is, why does the brain deteriorate to start with? why is it is degrading? the simple answer is, you reach a peak and about the third decade...
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of our city is with us. i have been in all of these other positions where we are always prepared. and we are already engaged in recovery efforts. we were there with a whole staff. we have six we assure you that when the next big event happens, that water system will be there for us to deliver water with that 24 hours. a huge change from depending on this fountain. we are handing it off to generations of youth in the city to understand -- make sure they're prepared. go to our website, it tells you all the things there. iti is about having those items prepared.w we will survive. that is how we get ready and celebrate and honor the people who left us and make sure our city is ready. thank you for being here. congratulations to our survivors. >> very nice job. behind me is a good friend and a great firechief. you go back 106 years. braxton morning. -- good morning. one of the survivors could not be with us. those are amazing changes. it does give us the opportunity to remember what happened. we commemorate those
of our city is with us. i have been in all of these other positions where we are always prepared. and we are already engaged in recovery efforts. we were there with a whole staff. we have six we assure you that when the next big event happens, that water system will be there for us to deliver water with that 24 hours. a huge change from depending on this fountain. we are handing it off to generations of youth in the city to understand -- make sure they're prepared. go to our website, it tells...
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♪ you'll be googling us later. stay safe out there in the internet world. take care. yo yo. [applause] >> we will get started. for the second half of our mourning, as you know, the lead davis joined us this morning, and we have dave clark joining us for the next half. dave has been an award winning newsmen for 35 years. he has been broadcasting for 35 years. he started when he was 17, so i have not had a chance to ask him what that special experience might have been about, but maybe you'll get a chance to ask him about this. i was interested in reading about all the places that he has worked. he has ben in new york city, washington d.c., he has been in los angeles. probably the most interesting for me was the fact that he was in philadelphia for a number of years. we know in the department of aging and adult services that philadelphia has one of the most interesting and creative network of services for older adults in the country. it is really accessible to older adults. some of the most creative work we have seen
♪ you'll be googling us later. stay safe out there in the internet world. take care. yo yo. [applause] >> we will get started. for the second half of our mourning, as you know, the lead davis joined us this morning, and we have dave clark joining us for the next half. dave has been an award winning newsmen for 35 years. he has been broadcasting for 35 years. he started when he was 17, so i have not had a chance to ask him what that special experience might have been about, but maybe...
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thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background, where you grew up, went to school, and what kind of jobs to have had. >> i grew up in the philadelphia area, in new jersey. i went to school up and down the east coast. i went to undergrad at duke university. i went to law school at harvard. after clerking for a judge, i came out here in 1997. i have been here for the last 14 years. i have always lived in the castro. i am an attorney. i started out in private practice. i settle private law firm during complex commercial litigation. in 2002, and moved over to the sentences the city attorney's office where i worked on the trial team doing trials for the city, handling my own cases, and supervising a team of attorneys as well. >> why did you choose to live in san francisco? >> i always assumed i would go back to the philadelphia area since that is where my family is. i was always interested in san francisco in terms of what it is as a city, its culture, it's amazing lgbt community. i came out here for a sum
thank you for joining us today. tell us about your background, where you grew up, went to school, and what kind of jobs to have had. >> i grew up in the philadelphia area, in new jersey. i went to school up and down the east coast. i went to undergrad at duke university. i went to law school at harvard. after clerking for a judge, i came out here in 1997. i have been here for the last 14 years. i have always lived in the castro. i am an attorney. i started out in private practice. i...
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what did that do to us? they wanted a simultaneous campaign in the south and east to collapse the enemy. without the additional 10,000, you had to do it sequentially. that protracts the war and of that great political will at home. second problem we have, in other handcuff, is that petraeus wants to keep the search forces that the president gave him, the 30,000, much longer at a much higher level. they are all gone before this year is out. that is where we are at the point of your question. given those two things, those dynamics that have happened -- there is pressure on the commanders to stay on schedule that transitions our combat forces in 2014. in my judgment, what is happening to support that is fault -- far from condition- based. that is the date we are moving to, and by god we are doing it. we should take the pressure off of them so that they can come back and say, we have to slow this down a little bit. >> with nato forces scheduled to withdraw from afghanistan in 2014, experts testified on the progr
what did that do to us? they wanted a simultaneous campaign in the south and east to collapse the enemy. without the additional 10,000, you had to do it sequentially. that protracts the war and of that great political will at home. second problem we have, in other handcuff, is that petraeus wants to keep the search forces that the president gave him, the 30,000, much longer at a much higher level. they are all gone before this year is out. that is where we are at the point of your question....
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that's just dangling. >>> this little 3-year-old has a lesson for us. you can achieve anything you set your mind to. this is 3-year-old sofia, and she is setting out to do a ninja climb up the door frame. >> she's like the little british engine that could. >> that's high enough. >> hey! don't bang your head. >> her dad says she is anxiously awaiting her fourth birthday so she can take funk lessons. >> her dad peter says she's anxiously awaiting her birthday, so that she can take kung foo classes. >> she's going to be a ninja, that's perfect for her. >> she's well on her way. >> she's the world's cutest ninja. >> steven, you brought us the story with jeremy mcdonald who had a conversation with himself 20 years ago. >> so somebody, of course, made a parody using starwars characters. >> my face melted off. >> never mind that for now -- >> i can have it? >> you already have it. it's literally the same one. >> in the original video, it was a car wars video. >> are you still using the force? >> no. >> jeremiah made a cameo in this video. >> i'm glad, because
that's just dangling. >>> this little 3-year-old has a lesson for us. you can achieve anything you set your mind to. this is 3-year-old sofia, and she is setting out to do a ninja climb up the door frame. >> she's like the little british engine that could. >> that's high enough. >> hey! don't bang your head. >> her dad says she is anxiously awaiting her fourth birthday so she can take funk lessons. >> her dad peter says she's anxiously awaiting her...
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the saw us as collectivist. he saw the united states as a group of people who likes to form associations, who wted to be with other people. he saw the french as the individualist and the americans as the more social people, and from that he concluded he was going to put up his colossal statue. it was going to have your mean something to people as a collective entity, and that is what made him realize the statue of liberty needed to say something to all americans, so he came up with the idea that what it would do is commemorate a hundredth anniversary of the declaration of independence, and this idea worked that he would build the statue in 1876, and it would stand for 100 years of american liberty, along this --- the longest period of liberty anyone had seen, and when he presented it in those terms that it was going to be the anniversary of the centennial of american liberty. good >> it is interesting that he looked back 100 years t find that moment and will sing to americans, because americans were coming out o
the saw us as collectivist. he saw the united states as a group of people who likes to form associations, who wted to be with other people. he saw the french as the individualist and the americans as the more social people, and from that he concluded he was going to put up his colossal statue. it was going to have your mean something to people as a collective entity, and that is what made him realize the statue of liberty needed to say something to all americans, so he came up with the idea...
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and how they use the network is the use of the connect feature to send messages. her daughter can send messages to everybody in the network letting them know how she is doing. they used to the calendar to schedule appointments and organize rides. they use the shared tasks and goals to organize larger events. for example, when joe was released from the hospital, she was unable to get back into her home because she could not get up the stairs anymore. they used the network to build her a ramp on saturday afternoon. they use files to share information about her and a place where she keeps her personal information. she has advanced directives, medical records, and so on that is not accessible to everybody in the network, but some of the members. there are stories and photos, a place where people can celebrate today, how to share memories, have the good times that were the essence in the past and in the present. you might be asking yourself this question, if you are a facebook user, how is different from facebook. it is what we called open social networking, and it is
and how they use the network is the use of the connect feature to send messages. her daughter can send messages to everybody in the network letting them know how she is doing. they used to the calendar to schedule appointments and organize rides. they use the shared tasks and goals to organize larger events. for example, when joe was released from the hospital, she was unable to get back into her home because she could not get up the stairs anymore. they used the network to build her a ramp on...
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and how they use the network is the use of the connect feature to send messages. her daughter can send messages to everybody in the network letting them know how she is doing. they used to the calendar to schedule appointments and organize rides. they use the shared tasks and goals to organize larger events. for example, when joe was released from the hospital, she was unable to get back into her home because she could not get up the stairs anymore. they used the network to build her a ramp on saturday afternoon. they use files to share information about her and a place where she keeps her personal information. she has advanced directives, medical records, and s
and how they use the network is the use of the connect feature to send messages. her daughter can send messages to everybody in the network letting them know how she is doing. they used to the calendar to schedule appointments and organize rides. they use the shared tasks and goals to organize larger events. for example, when joe was released from the hospital, she was unable to get back into her home because she could not get up the stairs anymore. they used the network to build her a ramp on...
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and how they use the network is the use of the connect feature to send messages. her daughter can send messages to everybody in the network letting them know how she is doing. they used to the calendar to schedule appointments and organize rides. they use the shared tasks and goals to organize larger events. for example, when joe was released from the hospital, she was unable to get back into her home because she could not get
and how they use the network is the use of the connect feature to send messages. her daughter can send messages to everybody in the network letting them know how she is doing. they used to the calendar to schedule appointments and organize rides. they use the shared tasks and goals to organize larger events. for example, when joe was released from the hospital, she was unable to get back into her home because she could not get